[Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies in a hemodialysis unit].

abstract：BACKGROUND:The six minute walk test (6MWT) is an important physical performance measure used in older people. AIM:To assess the total distance walked and the physiological cost of the 6MWT in non-disabled older people. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fifty six females aged 69 ± 5 years with a body mass index (BMI) of 31 ± 4 kg/...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Medina PG,Mancilla ES,Muñoz RC,Escobar MC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 52 years old male admitted for fever lasting one month, dry cough, headache and malaise. Initial laboratory work up showed an AST of 172 U/l, and ALT of 252 U/l, a GGT of 353 U/l and alkaline phosphatases of 952 U/l. An abdominal CAT scan disclosed a mild hepatosplenomegaly. A liver biopsy showed a granulo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rodríguez M,Montagud JB,Robert J,Mayol MJ,Merino J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is some information about wheeze characteristics in infants, however it is not clear whether the different wheeze patterns relates to prognosis and evolution during the first two years of life. OBJECTIVES:To characterize wheezing and spectral pattern of lung sounds in infants with acute bronchiolitis ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sánchez I,Navarro H,Bertrand P,Alvarez C,Lisboa C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a prevalent chronic disorder, often diagnosed during childhood. Studies have suggested that the incidence of IBD in this group of patients is increasing. Children and adolescents with IBD frequently have more extensive and severe disease than adults. Transition is an important conce...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Navarro E,Ossa JC,Simian D,Quera R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of information about viral etiology of community acquired pneumonia in adults. AIM:To investigate the viral etiology of pneumonia among hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:All adults with pneumonia that were hospitalized were prospectively enrolled at Puerto Montt hospital. A micro...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rioseco Z ML,Riquelme O R,Riquelme O M,Inzunza P C,Oyarzún G P,Agüero O Y,Ferrés G M,Vial C P,Fasce P R,Torres M A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes are usually found in cattle and occasionally appear in humans, particularly pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. Peritonitis by Listeria monocytogenes is a rare but dangerous condition that must be recognized early, since it requires a specific treatment. We rep...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Espinoza-Gómez F,Newton-Sánchez O,Melnikov V,Pinzón S L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teenage pregnancy is a psychosocial and multifactorial problem described as a lack of exercise of rights in sexual and reproductive health. There are important aspects in the doctor-patient relationship and confidentiality that directly affect the continuity and quality of care. There are controversies in th...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Luttges D C,Leyton M C,Leal F I,Troncoso E P,Molina G T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Hernán Iturriaga is now President of Sociedad Médica de Santiago (Chilean Society of Internal Medicine) for the period 1995-1997. He received his M.D. title at the University of Chile in 1961 and his postgraduate training included a USPHS International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors：

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of Medicine is exposed to everyday's ethical ventures that, even though not fundamental in a philosophical scope, are most crucial given its incidence and consequences to accessibility and equity in health care. A very special perception must emerge to allow us looking for those situations where moral con...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot E

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide health problem. The incidence and prevalence of kidney failure is in constant increase, involving poor outcomes and high costs. The leading causes of kidney failure are type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The new initiative "Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)" is a glo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mezzano S,Aros C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 150 subjects per year suffer severe burns in Chile. AIM:To analyze sociodemographic/clinical features and outcomes of severely burned patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 936 patients aged 47 ± 20 years (66% males), admitted to the National Burn Center of Chile between...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Albornoz CR,Villegas J,Peña V,Whittle S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular immune mechanisms of the resistance to infection by T cruzi as well as the pathogenesis of Chagas disease are still controversial. AIM:To quantify and analyse the peripheral blood immune cells from chagasic and non chagasic patients by flow cytometry. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Peripheral blood samples ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sánchez G,Zulantay I,Gajardo M,Venegas J,Villanueva R,Pérez A,Liendo F,Apt W,Solari A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific Ethics is the theory and praxis of decisions. Philosophical Ethics is presented as the theory and praxis of the good. As the good differs among cultures, Philosophical Ethics is dependent on the endo-cultural good conception. The decision (included that one of adhesion or not to a world vision) de...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Valenzuela CY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal failure secondary to effort rhabdomyolysis is uncommon. We report three males age 28, 37 (military sportsmen) and 44 years (sedentary obese), with this condition. Episodes occurred after a training session to run a triathlon, during the course of a mini marathon and during a rescue attempt of a drowning person. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vega J,Gutiérrez M,Goecke H,Idiáquez J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, Thyroid cancer (TC) is included in a list of diseases that have a guaranteed access to treatment, endorsed by the Ministry of Health. The care burden of the disease will depend on its incidence. AIM:To estimate the incidence of TC in Chilean patients with access to thyroid surgery and describe its...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sapunar Z J,Ferrer R P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Down syndrome (DS) is associated with higher child mortality especially due to cardiac malformations. AIM:To describe the trend in Chilean infant mortality in DS in the period 1997-2013 as compared to the general population without DS. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Raw data on infant deaths were extracted from the ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Donoso E,Vera C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The place of death has changed and coverage of medical attention at death varies according to the development level of countries. AIM:To assess the evolution of coverage of medical attention of the last disease and place of death as indicators of health care quality and development level, in the sixth regio...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Leiva H H,León K F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to analyze the current situation of AIDS in Latin American countries. Specifically, to compare their situation with other geographic areas of the planet, the prevalence index per countries, distribution per sex and age and, finally, the main ways of transmission in each country. The most rec...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Buela-Casal G,Bermúdez MP,Sánchez AI,De los Santos-Roig M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with high mortality. There is still a broad assortment of severity classifications for patients with PE, which affects the choice of therapies to use. The main clinical criteria for defining a PE as massive is systemic arterial hypotension, which depends on the extent of v...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mercado M,Aizman A,Andresen M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 25 patients operated on for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome between August 1985 and October 1989. Their mean age was 37 +/- 12 years and arrhythmia had been present for 5 to 30 years. A mean of 3.3 +/- 1.2 antiarrhythmic agents had failed in controlling recurrences. Tachycardia was orthodromic in 21 patient...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González R,Morán S,Fajuri A,Irarrazabal MJ,Maturana G,Urzua J,Lema G,Espinoza R,Casanegra P

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the speech pronounced by Dr Abraham Horwitz, Emeritus Professor of the University of Chile and Honorary Director of PAHO, during the academic act that celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean Public Health School endowment. The school had a doctrinal and technical impact on Chilean health and decisiv...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Horwitz A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main challenges in environmental management is to prevent the public health impact of projects that can cause pollution. To tackle this problem, the new Chilean bill on environmental management has defined the need to determine the potential health risks of a given Project. This paper gives a summary of the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Matus C P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental disorders may interfere, aggravate or mimic medical conditions. AIM:To study the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients hospitalized in a medical ward of a general hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A structured interview for DSM-III, devised for "non patients", was applied to 203 men and 20...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hernández G,Ibáñez C,Kimelman M,Orellana G,Montino O,Núñez C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting a 37 year old male with severe oligozoospermia and a history of infertility for thirteen years and surgery for severe unilateral varicocele. The hormonal levels for FSH, LH and T, and karyotype were within the normal range. Multiplex PCR revealed the presence of a de novo microdeletion in the azoosper...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Castro A,López P,Johnson MC,Sovino H,Martínez C,Vantman D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our country, acute cecal volvulus is responsible of 3.3% of mechanical large bowel obstructions. More than half of these cases have a history compatible with intermittent cecal volvulus, an usually overlooked diagnosis. The author reports two cases of intermittent cecal volvulus, treated in the last ten years. Both...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bannura G

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 11 years old male diagnosed as a X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome that presented with recurrent infections and sclerosing cholangitis and later developed a gallbladder cancer. Immunological evaluation showed decreased levels of serum IgG and IgA with elevated levels of IgM. Study of CD40 ligand expression on mi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rodríguez C,Carrión F,Marinovic MA,Chávez E,Preisler J,Pooley F,Futatani T,Ochs HD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most infectious diseases in template climates have seasonal pattern, that can be influenced by climatic, social and host factors. AIM:To study the seasonal patterns of seven human infectious diseases in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Series of monthly cases of measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, meningiti...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Canals M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teaching practice is one of the most complex topics of the training process in medicine and other health care careers. The Teaching Practices Questionnaire (TPQ) evaluates teaching skills. AIM:To assess the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the TPP among health care teacher...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pérez V C,Vaccarezza G G,Aguilar A C,Coloma N K,Salgado F H,Baquedano R M,Chavarría R C,Bastías V N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical reasoning is the most important competente in the training process of a physician. AIM:To develop a method for teaching clinical reasoning based on prototypes of clinical cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study was conducted on sixty-four third year medical students. The study and control groups att...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Montaldo L G,Herskovic L P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Do transsexual people in Chile have a right to have their gender identity or their sex reassignment legally recognized? The absence of any legislation on gender identity or transsexualism could lead us to believe that it is not the case. However, a quantitative review of decisions issued by Chilean courts during the l...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Muñoz León F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00